His Master's Voice (2018 film)

His Master's Voice (Hungarian: Az Úr hangja, lit. 'The Voice of The Lord') is a 2018 Hungarian science fiction film by György Pálfi loosely based on the novel His Master's Voice by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.

His Master's Voice
Directed byGyörgy Pálfi
StarringKate Vernon
Marshall Williams
Release date
2018
Running time
108

The film follows a man who thinks he saw his father in a documentary about a mysterious incident in Colorado, around which a conspiracy theory had been formed. He embarks on the search of his father, who had fled Communist Hungary years ago.[1][2][3] Eventually he finds his father, now a well-off university professor with a new family, but whose life is still affected by his previous work to decode the "message from space".[4]

The film was backed by a $2.54 million grant from the Hungarian National Film Fund.[5] While the majority of filming was in Hungary, His Master's Voice was also shot in various locations around Ottawa, Canada.[6] The film has elements of mockumentary, featuring shots with outdated cameras and formats.[7]

His Master's Voice premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival.[8][9] At the 2019 Fantasporto International Film Festival, the film received the prize for the Best Visual Effects.[10]

References
  1. "His Master's Voice" @ denverfilm.org
  2. His Master's Voice at IMDb
  3. HIS MASTER'S VOICE / Az Úr hangja Trailer
  4. Anton Bitel , "His Master’s Voice first look: a voyage into an enigmatic universe of otherness" (film review at Fantasporto 2019)
  5. "Cannes: Hungarian Film Fund Backs Kornel Mundruczo’s ‘Superfluous Man,’ Gyorgy Palfi’s ‘The Voice’"
  6. "Film company turns Ottawa's wind tunnel into a space ship". Ottawa. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  7. "Őrült művészfilm lett a magyar Stanislaw Lem-adaptáció" [The Hungarian adaptation of Stanislaw Lem became a crazy feature film]
  8. "【His Master's Voice】｜ 31st Tokyo International Film Festival". 2018.tiff-jp.net. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. "Premiere: His Master's Voice in competition at Tokyo IFF". National Film Institute. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  10. "FANTASPORTO 2019 39th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (retrieved October 27, 2019)
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